Information handling system mouse with haptic scroll

Abstract

An information handling system mouse couples a scroll wheel at a scroll wheel position of the mouse upper surface to a five-way switch so that movement of the scroll wheel commands through the five-way switch a scroll up or down, a swipe left or right and a press down mouse click. An adjacent button provides precision or fast scroll through an interaction separate from the scroll wheel. A vibration device interfaced with the scroll wheel provides haptic feedback of end user interactions, such as by providing vibrations with a vertical orientation from a position below the scroll wheel.

What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An information handling system comprising:
 a processor operable to execute instructions that process information; 
 a memory interfaced with the processor and operable to store the instructions and information; 
 a display interfaced with the processor and operable to present the information as visual images; and 
 a mouse interfaced with the processor and operable to move a cursor presentation location at the display with a position sensor in a body of the mouse when the body moves relative to a surface, the mouse having a non-rotating scroll device exposed at an upper side between first and second input buttons, the non-rotating scroll device having a five-way switch, the five-way switch including at least a first way to scroll the display visual images up and a second way to scroll the display visual images down and coupled to a vibration device that generates vibration in response to inputs at the five-way switch, the vibration device vibration dampened to the body with a rubber washer, the vibration device varying the intensity of vibration based upon at least a rate of scroll commanded through the five-way switch. 
 
     
     
       2. The information handling system of  claim 1  further comprising:
 a semicircular scroll wheel coupled to the mouse and the five-way switch; 
 wherein a rearward push on the semicircular scroll wheel translates to activate the first way and a forward push on the semicircular scroll wheel translates to activate the second way. 
 
     
     
       3. The information handling system of  claim 2  wherein the five-way switch includes a third-way and fourth-way each perpendicular to the first-way and second-way and commanding a swipe of the display visual images. 
     
     
       4. The information handling system of  claim 3  wherein the five-way switch includes a fifth-way activated by a downward press into the mouse to command a mouse button input click. 
     
     
       5. The information handling system of  claim 3  wherein:
 the five-way switch commands a left mouse click when the third-way and fifth-way activate simultaneously; and 
 the five-way switch commands a right mouse click when the fourth-way and fifth-way activate simultaneously. 
 
     
     
       6. The information handling system of  claim 2  further comprising:
 a mounting plate coupling the vibration device and the semicircular scroll wheel as a unit; 
 wherein the rubber washers couple to the mounting plate and the mouse body to dampen vibration translation towards the mouse. 
 
     
     
       7. The information handling system of  claim 1  further comprising a push button exposed proximate the five-way switch and activated to command a precision scroll of the visual information. 
     
     
       8. The information handling system of  claim 7  wherein the haptic device has a vertical orientation. 
     
     
       9. A method for scrolling visual content presented at an information handling system display, the method comprising:
 exposing an interface of a five-way switch at a mouse upper surface scroll wheel position instead of a rotating scroll wheel; 
 commanding a scroll down of the visual content in response to a first-way actuation of the five-way switch; 
 commanding a scroll up of the visual content in response to a second-way actuation of the five-way switch; and 
 vibrating the interface with a vibration device in response to the commanding of the scroll up and the commanding of the scroll down, the vibrating isolated to the interface with a rubber coupling of the vibration device and varying in intensity based at least upon a rate of scroll commanded by the five-way switch. 
 
     
     
       10. The method of  claim 9  further comprising:
 swiping visual content right in response to a third-way actuation of the five-way switch; and 
 swiping visual content left in response to a fourth-way actuation of the five-way switch. 
 
     
     
       11. The method of  claim 9  further comprising pressing down on the five-way switch for a fifth-way actuation to command a mouse click. 
     
     
       12. The method of  claim 11  further comprising:
 commanding a right mouse click when the fifth-way actuation is combined with a third-way actuation to a right side of the five-way switch; and 
 commanding a left mouse click when the fifth-way actuation is combined with a fourth-way actuation to a left side of the five-way switch. 
 
     
     
       13. The method of  claim 10  further comprising:
 exposing a scroll wheel as the interface with the five-way switch; and 
 vibrating the scroll wheel with a vibration device as haptic feedback for a five-way switch actuation. 
 
     
     
       14. The method of  claim 13  further comprising:
 mounting the scroll wheel and vibration device to a bracket; and 
 isolating vibration at the bracket from the mouse with rubber washers. 
 
     
     
       15. The method of  claim 13  further comprising commanding a precision scroll with a separate button exposed at the mouse upper surface proximate the scroll wheel. 
     
     
       16. A mouse comprising:
 a body shaped to accept movement by an end user hand; 
 first and second input buttons exposed at a front upper side of the body to accept end user presses; 
 a five-way switch disposed in the body between the first and second input buttons to accept actuations by an end user from five direction; 
 a scroll wheel having a non-rotating semicircular form exposed at the upper side between the first and second input buttons and coupled to the five-way switch to actuate a first-way of the five way switch to command an up scroll direction of visual information and a second way of the five-way switch to command down scroll direction of the visual information; and 
 a vibration device coupled to the body with rubber washers and to the scroll wheel to vibrate the scroll wheel as haptic feedback to five-way switch actuation, the vibration isolated from the scroll wheel and varied based at least upon a rate of scroll commanded by the five-way switch. 
 
     
     
       17. The mouse of  claim 16  wherein:
 a third-way actuation of the five-way switch commands a right swipe of the visual information; and 
 a fourth-way actuation of the five-way switch commands a left swipe of the visual information. 
 
     
     
       18. The mouse of  claim 17  wherein a fifth-way actuation of a press down on the five-way switch commands a mouse click.